Francis Lungu appreciation

Francis Lungu

Francis is an award winning journalist in Zambia. During 2018, he wrote a series of articles on Zambia in the First World War, interviewing descendants of some who had served.
While the narrative might not always fully accord with the published academic record of the war, Francis’ work is valuable. This is because it shows how Zambians see and understand the 1914-1918 War.
In The First World War ends in Zambia, Francis has brought all his Zambia Daily Mail WW1 articles together in one publication to ensure the information doesn’t get lost to the ether – and to share the Zambian view with the wider world. It is for these articles and his investigative journalism that he deservedly got the award.